Arnold J. Brender, MD
General Practice Physician · Huntington Beach, CA
Arnold J. Brender, MD is a general practice physician with a practice address in Huntington Beach, California, and NPI 1396732053, issued on Sep 28, 2005. Check the license (California G49205, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Arnold J. Brender
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License number
- G49205 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 17742 Beach Blvd, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
- Phone
- (714) 848-1655
- Enumerated
- Sep 28, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jan 5, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (714) 847-4348
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040313000774); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Arnold J. Brender in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G49205Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
39% more Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice physician in 2024
4,205 Medicare Part D claims for 362 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 216 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium250 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium192 claims
- Losartan Potassium165 claims
- Simvastatin110 claims
- Lisinopril107 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate101 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,559.24
40 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 4,259 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,273.40 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Beach Physicians Medical Group IncHuntington Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Arnold J. Brender among 1,956 general practice physician records in California
Arnold J. Brender, MD is one of 1,956 general practice physician records with a practice address in California. 48% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 48% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 27% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 1994 among the 520 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208D00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Arnold J. Brender, MD's NPI number?
Arnold J. Brender, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396732053, issued on Sep 28, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Arnold J. Brender, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17742 Beach Blvd, Huntington Beach, CA, 92647. Phone: (714) 848-1655. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Arnold J. Brender, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G49205, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Arnold J. Brender, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Arnold J. Brender, MD had 4,205 Medicare Part D claims for 362 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.